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there is a practical effort T now made 5 the erus to deal v 
the borers in their cane fields. Mr. Thiselton-Dyer is ie T n that 
a copy of this correspondence may be usefully communicated to the 
Governments of Barbados, the Windward Islands, and Trinidad, i the 
information of those locally interested in the sugar in enn stry. 
Ih 
e, &c. 
Edward Wingfield, ry C.B., (Signed) - 2 D. Morris. 
Colonial Office, S.W 

CArTAIN N. Forte to RoraL GARDENS, Kew. 
7, The Paragon, Clifton, Bristol, 
SIR, September 29th, 1892. 
HALL be much obliged if you would let me have a copy of the 
Kew Bulletin that was issued a few months back containing an account 
of the Chilo saccharalis. I have just arrived from Barbados where I 
have sugar estates which are suffering to some extent from this pest. 
Since . April last the managers en my estates have been cutting out 
Bi rel all the canes that are attacked by this moth, but this process 
any longer be continued as the canes are now nine months old, 
and. t thick for the labourers to seare 
understand that this moth is always present in the island, but it 
is only during the past two years it has d any damage. Heavy 
injury to this moth, which is just as active now as it was prior to the 
rains setting in. 
1 understand that 70 years ago this moth did a good deal of i IT in 
Barbados. have this from an eye-witness. Unfortunately a great 
many planters in Barbados take no notice of this moth, and allow it to 
commit its depredations. 
i I am, &c. 
D. Morris, Esq. (Signed) N. Forre. 
Caprain N. Forte to Rovar GARDENS, Krew. 
7, The Paragon, Clifton, Bristol, 
Dear Sim, October 6th, 1892. - 
TH u very much for your letter of the 30th September 
and the Ese "Bulletin for July-August, which I have carefully studied, 
and compared with the observations I made during the past seven 
months spent in Barb: 
My own opinion is that ‘the borer pest is caused by— 
1. Drought. 
.2. Over ‘cultiv ation and the extensive use pe artificial manures. 
3. The degeneracy of the sugar-can 
As it is only possible to deal with the snl ‘anid third evils, T pro- 
pe es reduce the cultivation of the cane and obtain a new breed of 
lan 
A I site also planted on the borders of the fields on one of my estates 
the Pigeon Bag — is supposed to attract the Ichneumon Fiy which 
is stated, by « very old planter, to be parasitic on the Chilo 
saccháralis. 
I am, &e. 
D. Morris, Esq. (Signed) N. Forte. 

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